General Social Survey, 2000

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LIBRAC If some people in your community suggested that a book, written by a racist, which said Blacks are inferior should be taken out of your public library, would you favor removing this book, or not?   1) Favor   2) Not favor   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Favor	619	33.3%	33.3%	-.67
Not favor	1169	62.8%	96.1%	.07
Don't know	62	3.3%	99.4%	4.52
No answer	11	.6%	100%	5.26

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Favor	28.8% 113	30.0% 172	34.1% 190	42.9% 143	33.3% 618
Not favor	69.0% 271	65.8% 377	64.2% 358	48.0% 160	62.8% 1166
Don't know	1.5% 6	4.2% 24	1.4% 8	7.2% 24	3.3% 62
No answer	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	1.8% 6	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 573	100.0% 558	100.0% 333	1857

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	28.9% 237	36.7% 382	33.3% 619
Not favor	67.3% 552	59.3% 617	62.8% 1169
Don't know	3.2% 26	3.5% 36	3.3% 62
No answer	0.6% 5	0.6% 6	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 820	100.0% 1041	1861

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Favor	34.1% 285	45.4% 83	30.3% 94	30.4% 21	29.5% 136	33.3% 619
Not favor	62.2% 521	46.4% 85	67.1% 208	63.8% 44	67.2% 310	62.8% 1168
Don't know	3.0% 25	7.1% 13	2.3% 7	4.3% 3	3.0% 14	3.3% 62
No answer	0.7% 6	1.1% 2	0.3% 1	1.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 837	100.0% 183	100.0% 310	100.0% 69	100.0% 461	1860

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Favor	30.0% 445	50.0% 138	35.6% 36	33.3% 619
Not favor	65.9% 978	48.2% 133	57.4% 58	62.8% 1169
Don't know	3.4% 51	1.8% 5	5.9% 6	3.3% 62
No answer	0.7% 10	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1484	100.0% 276	100.0% 101	1861

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Favor	43.8% 88	38.1% 104	35.3% 47	28.6% 295	32.6% 534
Not favor	52.2% 105	56.0% 153	60.2% 80	68.9% 712	64.0% 1050
Don't know	3.5% 7	4.4% 12	4.5% 6	2.1% 22	2.9% 47
No answer	0.5% 1	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 4	0.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 273	100.0% 133	100.0% 1033	1640

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Favor	28.0% 130	36.0% 255	34.3% 199	33.3% 584
Not favor	70.3% 326	60.5% 429	62.8% 365	63.9% 1120
Don't know	1.7% 8	2.8% 20	2.9% 17	2.6% 45
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 464	100.0% 709	100.0% 581	1754

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Favor	37.3% 375	30.6% 139	27.7% 13	23.0% 59	34.4% 33	33.3% 619
Not favor	58.6% 590	65.6% 298	70.2% 33	73.2% 188	61.5% 59	62.8% 1168
Don't know	3.4% 34	3.3% 15	2.1% 1	3.1% 8	4.2% 4	3.3% 62
No answer	0.7% 7	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1006	100.0% 454	100.0% 47	100.0% 257	100.0% 96	1860

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Favor	41.3% 121	35.4% 351	33.3% 43	23.9% 69	20.7% 30	33.2% 614
Not favor	52.6% 154	60.6% 601	64.3% 83	73.0% 211	77.2% 112	62.8% 1161
Don't know	4.8% 14	3.5% 35	2.3% 3	2.4% 7	2.1% 3	3.4% 62
No answer	1.4% 4	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 293	100.0% 992	100.0% 129	100.0% 289	100.0% 145	1848